Program of Work

Louisiana Family, Career and Community

Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA)

Program of Work and Calendar of Events

IMPORTANT NOTE: All items listed with an asterisk (*) are password protected.

The 2008-09 Louisiana FCCLA State Executive Council has developed a resource tool to help chapters in our state form their Program of Work (POW). The LA FCCLA State Executive Council has approved “Traffic Safety” as the main topic for the 2008-2009 Program of Work. “Riding in an automobile continues to be the most dangerous thing you do on a daily basis. There is a disturbing trend that young lives are lost on our roads and highways”, according to LSU Health Sciences Center. In 2005, an average of one traffic fatality occurred every nine hours and four minutes in Louisiana. The death toll is 43,443 or 119 deaths every day. Louisiana accounted for 955 of them, a number that will be eclipsed by the 2006 figures when they are completed in May.

Youth leaders can help families promote basic safety attitudes that last a lifetime. FACTS – Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety, is a national FCCLA peer education program through which young people strive to save lives advocating sober driving, seat belt use, and safe driving habits. Through FCCLA’s FACTS program, young people learn the realities of traffic safety. They discover that safety is a family matter. Through FACTS projects, they reach their peers, children, and adults with traffic safety messages and activities.

Click * here * to download the Introduction and Table of Contents for the Program of Work focusing on the following topics each month :

	* August -- Traumatic Brain Injury “I Survived - Hear My Story”
	* September -- Everything Rides On It and It’s All Under the Hood
	* October -- I Won’t Get Caught! Over the Limit and Under Arrest.
	* November -- Passenger Safety
	* December -- Defensive or Aggressive Driver? You Choose.
	* January -- Crash Assimilation
	* February -- Buying a Used Car: Is it a Treasure or a Lemon?
	* March -- Motorcycle Craze
	* April -- Total Recall
	* May -- Licensed to Drive

Click here to download a 1 page "Louisiana FCCLA At-a-Glance 2008-09"

Click * here * to download the monthly 2008-09 Calendar of Events

These dates were accurate as of August, 2008. Additional dates may be added throughout the year; therefore, please check the "Dates to Remember" section of the website for the latest deadlines.